CONGESTED


Meaning of CONGESTED in English

kənˈjestə̇d adjective

Etymology: from past participle of congest

1. : containing an overaccumulation of blood : hyperemic

congested mucous membrane

2.

a. : overcrowded

congested slums

the road was crowded, but as yet far from congested — H.G.Wells

b. : encumbered or made turgid or difficult by an excess (as of words or ideas)

a congested prose

congested reasoning

3. : set close together

congested stamens

congested spores

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